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Subject:Re: word of the day From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:11:47 -0800
DOS used CHOICE to get user input. (In XP, this was replaced by SET /P.)
PAUSE usually came after and ECHO that told the user to do something
("insert a blank diskette, then press any key").
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
>
> Thanks for responding. I remember using DOS batch files to create simple
> menus in the days before Windows. Do you remember the name of that
> program that waited for a user to press a key? I'm sure we used a little
> executable, something other than running the "PAUSE" command and looping
> to the beginning on keypress.
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